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Republicans have done a great job over the past two years of tearing the Democratic Party apart. Their posture of relentless obstruction has pushed President Obama to compromise even more than he wanted to, 1 and the logic of politics says that any legislation that passes should be embraced as a legislative triumph. The resulting combination of compromise and the glorification of compromise has seriously alienated the progressive wing of the party 2 and provoked open warfare within the liberal base.read more

President Barack Obama on Wednesday night appeared before his political supporters for the first time since he cut a debt deal with Republicans. While liberal Democrats say he compromised too much on the party's principles, Mr. Oba...

While Republican leaders are saying their party should focus on governing and working with President Obama, conservative media figures are pushing the GOP to use its gains in Congress to push a right-wing agenda, avoid compromise, a...

Greg Sargent calls out the GOP’s “Bad cop, evil cop” routine on the debt ceiling and notes that the Republicans have failed totally in the past trying to get concessions from President Obama over it. This continues to get lost in di...